Cape Town – In a new push to revive the local textile industry
hard hit by cheap Chinese imports in the late 1990s, Sactwu will
this week host the 2016 Clothing, Textile and Leather (CTFL)
Imbizo.
The SA clothing and textile workers' union said despite significant
investment and government support in recent years, the industry is
struggling to move from survivalist to expansionist mode. The
Imbizo, which will be held at the Cape Town International
Convention Centre (CTICC) on Tuesday, will bring together leading
industry thinkers to consider and plan how they can maximise and
grow the industry's export footprint. Sactwu researcher Simon Eppel
told Fin24 that while CTFL jobs dwindled from about 210 000 formal
sector jobs in the 2000s to 90 000 currently, it is still one of
the largest sectors in manufacturing. "Government needs to answer
issues of incentives, cheaper industrial loans, and steps to deal
with customs fraud, including reference prices and increased
monitoring, designation for (government) procurement of CTFL goods,
etc," said Eppel. The Imbizo discussion will include case studies
from successful exporters (both inside the industry and in the
broader economy), inputs from government export agencies, market
information from researchers and export tips from potential
customers. It will also examine how to overcome challenges to
exporting and the support measures that exist to do so. "The
problem in South Africa is if you don't fix the supply chain and
you don't have incentives to do exports, we will never be
competitive enough to do it. "If we want to be competitive the
government needs to firstly lift the duty on imported fabric and
logistically find a solution to get garments to the international
market faster, such as preferential rates on air cargo," Pillay
said. Eppel said the Imbizo is not a jobs programme, but merely a
platform for companies to facilitate a dialogue about the export
industry. "We hope that it will end up in some companies starting
to export and so create jobs and build local industry", said
Eppel.
Questions:
Question 1a) As a leading business economist in the country, you
were requested to present a detailed research report during a panel
discussion at the textile industry Imbizo suggested in the article
on how anti-competitive industry practices presents themselves in
the sector. Present your report in assignment format. In your
report, apply your knowledge of market structures and trade to
discuss some of the industry practices and how they could be
restricting growth of the textile sector. [15 marks]
Question 1b) The reporter highlighted some possible interventions
to revive the textile sector without going into the details. As a
business economist, write a detailed and balanced critique of the
suggested interventions and how these can either fail or succeed to
address the challenges facing the textile sector in South Africa.
Your arguments and interventions must be supported by relevant
theories and diagrams derived from a specific market structure. [25
marks]
Question 1c) Using some insights and examples from the textile
industry, other sectors and products in any economy, comment on the
realism of the assumptions of the theoretical model of perfect
competition. [20
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